The Church of Reflections, which has been at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park since 1955, on Thursday, February 8, 2018. It will soon be moving to a church property about a mile away. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kimberly Miller playfully holds a gun at her 2000 Old West-themed wedding at the Church of Reflections at Knott’s Berry Farm. /Courtesy of Kimberly Miller

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Gunfighters at Knott’s Berry Farm busted into Kimberly Miller’s 2000 wedding, in keeping with the Old West theme. /Courtesy of Kimberly Miller

Kimberly Miller was married in an Old West-themed ceremony in 2000 at the church at Knott’s Berry Farm. /Courtesy of Kimberly Miller

A historic photograph of the building of the Church of Reflections at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park in 1955. The church will soon be moving to another church property about a mile away. (Photo Courtesy Knott’s Berry Farm)

A historic photograph of Walter Knott standing in front of the Church of Reflections at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park. The church will soon be moving to another church property about a mile away. (Photo Courtesy Knott’s Berry Farm)

A historic photograph of the Church of Reflections at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park 1955. The church will soon be moving to another church property about a mile away. (Photo Courtesy Knott’s Berry Farm)

Mike and Karen Romin were married at Knott’s Berry Farm’s Church of Reflections in 1985. /Courtesy of Karen Romin

Lisa and James Johnson were wed in 1987 at the Church of Reflections. /Courtesy of Lisa Johnson

Mike Gaggos and his wife had their 2011 ceremony at Knott’s Berry Farm’s historic church. /Courtesy of Mike Gaggos

Thousands of people have visited the Church of Reflections for religious services and weddings since it was moved to Knott’s Berry Farm in 1955. Some of them shared their memories:

Montezooma’s Revenge was directly behind the church and it ran during the entire ceremony. We could hear the screams of terrified riders. But having said that, I’d do it again. The guests were supposed to be escorted to the reception, but I had one family member who took her kids to go on the rides instead. Never came to the reception.

– Clara Vanderpool, Upland, married 1987

Mike Gaggos and his wife had their 2011 ceremony at Knott’s Berry Farm’s historic church.

We are huge Dodger fans and sang, “Take me out to the ballgame” in the middle of our ceremony. (After the wedding) we ended up going on some of the rides.

– Mike Gaggos, Avondale, Ariz., married in 2011

Something about going there, it kind of settles you. Even though there’s things going on outside, you just feel a really great peace.

– Tina Caviezel, Corona, attended services at the church in the 1960s and 1970s

We all attended that church because Pastor Sheldon (Perrine) made sure to have a sermon ready for anyone who worked there on Sunday and didn’t want to miss church.

– Jamie Nosalek, Iowa Falls, Iowa, married in 2000

Mike and Karen Romin were married at Knott’s Berry Farm’s Church of Reflections in 1985.

Mike and Karen Romin were married at Knott’s Berry Farm’s Church of Reflections in 1985.My husband, Mike, and I got married there 33 years ago last month. We have a video of it. You can hear the roller coaster in the background. They were supposed to not run it during the wedding, but that didn’t happen. I’m pretty sure it was the Corkscrew. The man who married us, that came with the package, was Nat King Cole’s personal radio announcer.

– Karen Romin, Owatonna, Minn.; married in 1985

It was like being at home. They made my cake there. All my memories growing up are at Knott’s Berry Farm.

– Linda Elliott, Cypress, married in 1962

Lisa and James Johnson were wed in 1987 at the Church of Reflections. /Courtesy of Lisa Johnson

We tell people we got married at an amusement park and everybody’s just like, “What?” I remember going to look at that church all the time, not thinking, “I’m going to get married there one day.”

– Lisa Johnson, Iron Mountain, Mich., married 1988

I loved the fact that getting married there was like one stop shopping: ceremony, quick walk to the restaurant for the reception, and if several of our guests were late because they went on the Log Ride, well, so be it.

Alicia Robinson covers Anaheim for The Orange County Register. She previously spent 10 years at The Press-Enterprise writing about Riverside and local government as well as Norco, Corona, homeless issues, Alzheimer's disease, streetcars, butterflies, horses and chickens. She grew up in the Midwest but earned Southern California native status during many hours spent in traffic. Two big questions Alicia tries to answer in stories about government are: how is it supposed to work, and how is it working?